Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Maureen Woodhead had a very good 80 over Fortrose Golf Course today in the 2nd round of the Scottish Seniors. The Strokeplay Championship was won by Heather Anderson (Alyth)She was the only player to break 80 on a sunny but windy day at Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club. Her score of 73 allowed her to leap to the top of the leader board and win the Scottish Senior Ladies' (Close) Stroke Play Championship by two shots from Fiona de Vries (St Rule) and the first round leader Anne Ryan (Tain).

Photo above of some of the players watching the Andy Murray Tennis match and your webmaster is reporting off her iphone!!

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

SLGA name squads for European team championships in early JulyFROM THE SCOTTISH LADIES GOLFING ASSOCIATION WEBSITEEuropean Ladies Team ChampionshipThe team to represent Scotland in the European Ladies' Team Championship at La Manga, Spain from July 6 to 10 is:Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm)Louise Kenney (Pitreavie)Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar)Laura Murray (Alford)Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle)Jane Turner (Craigielaw).CaptainLesley Nicholson (Haddington)

European Girls' Team Championship The Scotland team for the European Girls' Team Championship at Aalborg, Denmark from July 6 to 10 is:Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)Alyson McKechin (Elderslie)Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort, Germany)Rachael Watton (Mortonhall).CaptainKaren Marshall (Baberton)

Despite having a 2nd round of 76 (2 under the CSS) Megan Briggs just missed the cut for the matchplay stages at the British Champiompionships over Ganton today. To read the full report and results CLICK HERE

If you would like to caddy at the County Finals in September at Bothwell Castle could you please contact Vice Capatain Maureen Woodhead at maureen@thewoodheads.co.uk or phone her on her mobile (leaving a message if she can't answer) 07711 304 367

Captain Trish is at Wimbledon today and if you keep an eye on the TV you may see her and her husband Colin in the Royal Box.In the meantime though she is absolutely delighted that the Junior Team have joined the Senior Team by winning their Inter County Team Trophy --- the Kennedy Salver.

She has sent you all a Congratulations Card from Wimbledon --- Click Here to see it

Saturday, June 19, 2010

County Open Meeting, Duff House Royal, Tuesday 17 August 2010 ---Closing date – Monday 26 July

The County Open Meeting is open to anyone who is a member of a Scottish Ladies’ County Golf Association and there are both nett and scratch prizes for Silver and Bronze categories.

The venue for this year’s event is Duff House Royal which is a flat parkland course but not without its challenges which makes for an excellent day out for golfers of all abilities. Duff House Royal are also celebrating their centenary this year so why not get some of your fellow County members together and organise a day out to the event. Remember you also have the option to enter with or without playing partners for this event.

This is an 18 hole stroke play foursomes event, which is open to teams of two who are members of the same Club or Section Affiliated to the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association. Each nominated player may play only for the club or section through which she entered and must be an honorary or full member (senior or junior) of that organisation. Again there are both scratch and nett prizes for this event.

Entries for this event should be entered by your club secretary or captain, however they may not all realise this so please remind them to put in an entry or entries for your club.

Please note that clubs may now enter more than one team for this event.

Haggs Castle are also celebrating their centenary year in 2010 so please encourage your County members to grab themselves a man and enter the Scottish Amateur Mixed Foursomes Championship.

Again this is an 18 hole stroke play foursomes event open to teams of two players (one male & one female) that fulfil the entry criteria. There are both scratch and nett prizes for this event.Note - teams do not necessarily have to be members of the same club.

The Janice Moodie Junior Girls Open is on Friday 2nd July at Windyhill. Tee times are available from 11.00 to 14.30. You can print out the entry form by clicking on the link below which can either be sent to the club or e-mailed back to Tracy Masterton at tmasterton70@yahoo.com.

What a fabulous 3 days we have just had in the sunshine at Kilmacolm with another Renfrewshire success at the West Inter County Jamboree!

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE INVOLVED!

The girls in the team all played so well and we congratulate them on winning the Salver for the 3rd year in a row. They will be going to BOTHWELL CASTLE in September to try once more to win the SCOTTISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS and to bring back the Trophy to the West.

We shall be looking for Caddies and Supporters and if anyone thinks that they could help us, then please would they contact our Vice Captain, Maureen Woodhead (tel. no. and address on your fixture card).

The dates in September are:- FRIDAY 17th, SATURDAY 18th AND SUNDAY 19th.

And now I wish to thank all those who came along to caddy at Kilmacolm. Your help is invaluable. When the girls are playing 2 rounds each day over 3 days, they can get quite tired and the fact that they do not have to push their trolleys makes a big difference. I know that they appreciate your help very much.....so a huge THANK YOU!

I also want to thank all the loyal supporters who watched the matches and applauded the magnificent golf. Hopefully you will find time to come to BOTHWELL CASTLE in SEPTEMBER too and we look forward to seeing you there.

I wish to record our thanks also to Kilmacom Golf Club for hosting this prestigious event. All the staff worked so hard and they made everyone feel welcome. The Golf course was in great condition and I know that the Greens staff were out each day double cutting the greens and making new "hole locations"....ie pin positions! Thankyou to Lachlan and his staff.In the clubhouse Vic Weldin, the club Secretary, could not have been more helpful and along with Marjorie and her kitchen staff and Mhairi and her bar staff everything ran smoothly so we thank them too for all their hard work.

Our 3 referees, Bill Mitchell, Sheila Pickles and Sheila Goudie did a great job. Fortunately no-one required their services for which they were extremely grateful and they assured me that they really appreciated the gorgeous vews! Our joint West Secretaries, Isabel Crawford and Norah McCrossin did a great job as official starters so to all these people we extend our gratful thanks.

Thanks also go to Carol Fell our webmaster for the wonderful piccies of Kilmacolm and a huge thank to her for taking a lot of them and for all the editing of them to go on the website! It makes it so interesting for us to look at and we appreciate all your hard work.

Finally, I cannot finish without mentioning Secretary, Morag and her sidekick(!), Results Secretary, Freda for running the "back office" with such efficiency. It made it easy for Maureen and myself to concentrate on the team, knowing that all was running smoothly back in the clubhouse. THANK YOU GIRLS!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Renfrewshire retained the West Division women's inter-county team championship at Kilmacolm Golf Club today for the 3rd time in a row. They completed their programme with a 100 per cent record by beating Dunbartonshire and Argyll 7-2. Earlier in the week Renfrewshire had beaten Ayrshire 6 1/2-2 1/2 and Lanarkshire 7-2.Three Renfrewshire players won six out of six games over the three days - Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) and Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze).The other match today resulted in a draw between Ayrshire and Lanarkshire.Renfrewshire are the first of the divisional champions to qualify for the Scottish county finals at Bothwell Castle from September 17 to 19.WE HAVE NOW QUALIFIED 3 TIMES IN A ROW ----- We qualified to play in 2008 (Hilton Park) Inchmarlo, Banchory, 2009 (Strathaven) Baberton, Edinburgh, 2010 (Kilmacolm) Bothwell Castle. The last time we qualified 5 in a row was 1956 Elie, 1957 Balgownie, 1958 Troon, 1959 Gullane, 1960 Carnoustie and 1961 Troon.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

WEST OF SCOTLAND INTER COUNTY MATCHESMONDAY 14TH- WEDNESDAY 16TH JUNEKILMACOLM GOLF CLUB

THE West of Scotland Inter County Matches against Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire & Argyll and Lanarkshire begin at Kilmacolm Golf Club tomorrow --- Monday, 14th to Wednesday, 16th June.It would be much appreciated if you could come along and support the girls in your County Colours!The players respond to a gallery and, we have no doubt, you will see excellent golf.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH LADIES GOLFING ASSOCIATIONPitreavie’s Louise Kenney remains on course to retain the Scottish Ladies’ Golf Association’s Order of Merit, while Abernethy teenager Hannah McCook is the early leader in the race for the girls’ title.After six counting tournaments, Kenney, beaten finalist in the Scottish championship at Craigielaw last month, remains in pole position on the women's list with 2,280 points. Laura Murray (Alford) is in second place with 1,880.Jane Turner (Craigielaw) is third with 1,515, while the biggest mover is Mortonhall’s Rachael Watton. She finished second in the Munross Trophy to overtake Scottish champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar). Rachael has 1,371 points with Kelsey on 1,285.After the opening two events In the girls’ Order of Merit, 16-year-old Hannah, who finished second in the Paul Lawrie Scottish Schools’ Championship at Murrayshall earlier this week, is the early leader with 470 points.Alyson McKechin (Ederslie) is a close second on 440 with Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Lesley Atkins (Gullane) in the next two spots on 420 and 408 respectively.The next women's event to count for SLGA Order of Merit points is the British Amateur Championship at Ganton from June 22-26. Points are allocated for both the stroke-play qualifying and the match-play knock-out – while the girls’ will be chasing points at the Janice Moodie Trophy at Windyhill on July 2.

Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) - pictured right who scored a fine gross 74 over Paisley to-dayto win the overall Medal with a net 72. At the start of the day there was a cold blustery wind but conditions improved later on. --- 38 Ladies played.Congratulations also go to Paisley Golf Club Ladies Captain Eleanor Black who won the 13 + handicap section with a Net 72 with a better inward half from Anita McMillan from Erskine.The CSS was 74 and the SSS also 74.Results:-

The County was very fortunate to receive a generous grant from the Golf Foundation towards the cost of coaching for our junior girls.Two squads - a total of 23 girls - were coached by Lesley MacKay at the Playsport Centre, East Kilbride, during the spring months.We are already seeing the benefits from these sessions as some of the girls have already reduced their handicaps. Two girls - Alexandra Quyum (Kilmacolm) and Mairi Gray (Williamwood) - have moved from Bronze into Silver Division, both reducing down to 18.Another 21 girls greatly enjoyed a 'Fun' day in May when Lesley showed them lots of techniques to improve their golf.

Recently the 'A' squad played a 'Friendly' match against a team from Lanarkshire and won 5 - 3. Everyone enjoyed the hospitality and we are greatly indebted to Caldwell G.C. for giving us the use of their course on a Sunday afternoon. The girls are looking forward to a return match in the Autumn.

A team of 7 girls will represent the County in the Kennedy Salver which is being played at Cawder G.C. on Monday, 21st June. Hopefully the good weather will continue untill then and the team will play well, perhaps bringing back the Salver to Renfrewshire.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Due to cancellations, the sheet for Paisley has several time changes. Please check the latest times.Here is the draw for the June Medal over Paisley Bushes on Thursday 10th June which has all the changes.Morag Littleis the contact name for any withdrawals or perhaps a late entry into the competition.

To contact Morag -- Her mobile number on the day is: 07748613574.Late entries or cancellations to Morag Little at 0141 639 6084

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Fourteen-year-old Loretto School, Musselburgh pupil Julie Yang lived up to her billing as a world golf star in the making with an incredible record-slashing round at Murrayshall, near Perth YESTERDAY (Monday).Competing in the Paul Lawrie Scottish schools golf championships, South Korean-born Julie returned a nine-under-par 64 over the Murrayshall No 1 course, SEVEN strokes better than the previous women’s course record of 71.She required only 24 putts as she marked up one eagle (at the ninth), nine birdies (first, third, sixth, eighth, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 18th), and two bogeys (at the seventh and 10th).“My putting has not been very good since I won the Welsh women’s open title last month but I think these Murrayshall greens were made for me. The speed of them was just perfect,” said Julie who did not have any putts at all at the 16th where she holed a 40ft chip from off the green. Her halves of 32 were five under for the outward journey and four under for the inward half.Yet the so talented youngster did not get back home from finishing joint fifth in the Irish women’s open amateur stroke-play championship at Dublin at the weekend until midnight on Sunday night and was on the tee at Murrayshall just a few hours later at 8am Monday morning.Julie had a par-matching round of 69 over the shorter Lynedoch course to give her a nine-under-par total of 133.“I like Scotland and the golf courses – but not the weather,” said Julie who was transferred from her previous Phoenix, Arizona base to Loretto School by her parents last September so that she could gain valuable experience of European conditions courses with a view to becoming a tour professional as soon as she completes her education.Although Yang will not be able to play for the Scotland girls team during her four years at Loretto, she is eligible to play for the Scottish schools against the English schools in the annual international at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire in September.She won the Paul Lawrie Scottish schoolgirls title at the first attempt by 12 shots from Hannah McCook (Highland) who had rounds of 75 and 70 for 145.Alyson McKechin pipped her Renfrewshire team-mate and county champion Eilidh Briggs for third place. Eilidh had a definite edge with a first-round 70 over the shorter course but she drifted to an 80 over Murrayshall for 150 to finish fourth. Alyson, with a morning 77 and a second-round 71, slipped past into third place on 148.

In the team event only two girls were required to make up a team in their category and Julie Yang and Lesley Atkins, both pupils at Loretto School’s Golf Academy and representing East Lothian schools, won that trophy by 14 shots from runners-up Renfrewshire Alyson McKechin and Eilidh Briggs.Forth Valley’s Tiffiny Wood and Nicola Robertson finished third.The girls’ section also had a Paul Lawrie Salver handicap prize for the best net 36-hole aggregate. It was won by Tegan Seivwright (Aberdeen City) with a net total of 134 (65-69) off 11 of a handicap.Second was Natasha Qayum (Renfrewshire) on 137 (63-74) off seven.Hannah Scott (City of Aberdeen) came third, after a countback, with 138 (69-69) off seven.The Scottish schools team of 12 boys and six girls for the match against the English schools at Fairhaven on Monday, September 13 will be finalised by the Scottish Schools Golf Association once they know who is available for selection and who is not. It is roughly based on the leading finishers in the championship at Murrayshall.

Monday, June 07, 2010

Renfrewshire's Carol Fell, Jennifer Graham, June Lockhart, Maureen Mitchell (Cathcart Castle) and Marion Stewart played in the Mid Vets Trophy against Midlands Vets today at Douglas Park Golf Club and all helped to regain the Trophy back to the West after a few LEAN years.To read the full report go to the West Vets Website

Sunday, June 06, 2010

Renfrewshire County Champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) pipped another of Scotland’s up and coming youngsters, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) to win the Munross Trophy women’s 36-hole tournament – an SLGA Order of Merit event – by a single shot over the Montrose Links today (Sunday).Eilidh had two rounds of 75 for a total of 150.Rachael was the first-round leader with a 73 but slipped back to a 78 second time round for 151.LEADING FINAL TOTALS150 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 75.151 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 73 78.TO READ THE FULL RESULTS LIST --- GO TO THE GILLIAN KIRKWOOD WEBSITE

Many congratulations go to Renfrewshire's Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) who was representing Scotland in the Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play event over the weekend. Teaming up with Louise Kenney and Laura Murray -- Megan was the best player for the team event over the 3 rounds.

Just a reminder for the next competition which is being held on Monday 5th July at Cathcart Castle Golf Club. Entries for this have to be made by 14th June either via the web-site or by post. Cathcart Castle is always a popular course so expecting this competition to be a busy one. The supervisor for this competition is Jean Smith.

AOL users may need to use another browser as I have had difficulty with the competition link in the AOL brouser. When using Firefox/ Internet Explorer/ Safari it worked.

Can I ask you again, if you know of anyone who does not have computer facilities to pass on this message to them. Thanks.

As you know, the West of Scotland Inter-County Matches (Jamboree) is being held from Monday 14th June to Wednesday 16th June at Kilmacolm. We hope that you will come along and support your Renfrewshire Team and witness some great golf. Remember to wear pink!!. We look forward to seeing you at Kilmacolm and hope this great weather continues for this event!

Thursday, June 03, 2010

Liz Keohone and Audrey Thompson of Loudoun Gowf Club, Ayrshire won the West Division Inter-County Foursomes tournament at Ballochmyle Golf Club, Ayrshire today.They had a round of five-over-par 76 and headed the scratch returns by two shots from Renfrewshire's Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) and Liz Stewart (Glenburn).Lanarkshire's Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) and Fiona Scott (Bothwell Castle) were third with an 80.In the Handicap section, the winners were Renfrewshire's Jackie MacDonald and Denise Cowan of Ranfurly Castle with a net 69.5 off a handicap of 13.5Lanarkshire's Anne Lloyd (Hayston) and Pat Casey (Mount Ellen) (13) tied with Renfrewshire's Merope Dunlop and Maureen Taggart (Old Course Ranfurly) (14) on the net 70 mark. Anne and Pat were awarded second place with the better inward half.

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

The West Vets Championship Matchplay Quarter Finals and Semi Finals were played today over Renfrew Golf Club.Linda MacDougall was beaten by Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) and Maureen Woodhead just lost on the 18th by Troon's Jane Finnie. To read the full results --- Click on the following link WEST VETS WEBSITE

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